George

@nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social

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Baroque mind that loves Baroque music. Broken mind that loves breakaway minds. I am 68. A radical environmentalist. Happily married for 36 years. Dual citizen. In Canada - NDP or Green Party. In the US - straight Democratic ticket. I am sort of retired.

A tractor is shown with a farmer driving it. The tractor is pulling four steel discs the size of a dinner platter. The tractor is sitting on soil that has just been disced and is in clumps.
A Venn showing how belief, justification and truth intersect in knowledge. This is the classic epistemological take on how the four interact.
A simple table from a very long running study by Gallup News that shows that in 2024 28% of Americans said they were Democrats, 28% said they were Republicans and 43% said they were Independents.
A chart from Pew Research shows that in early April of 2025 showed 59% of Americans disapproved of the way Trump was handling his job as President. 51% of Christians disapproved. However, only 28% of white evangelicals disapproved while 72% approved.
44% of non voters would have voted Trump. Only 40% would have voted Harris according to this Pew Research chart.
The graph is self explanatory
Chart showing that 86.1% of farmers makes less than $350,000 in gross income. With a margin of less than 10% these farmers have less than $35,000 a year of farm income rich the are not.
A picture of plants in small containers waiting to be planted. These are clumps of thin golden brown hairs. They look dead. However, they will turn green soon and produce small golden fruit that are eatable and tasty. They are called Golden Sedges and grow all over North America.
My backyard. We work hard at being bee friendly. That includes dandelions, bee houses (that is a doghouse in case there is any doubt), and native plants that flower from early spring to late fall.
Many of the Weber State students in line to secure entrepreneurship certificates in the Ogden school's new Building Puentes program took part in commencement exercises on April 25. (Photo: Benjamin Zack, Weber State University)
Graduating students from new entrepreneurship program taught in Spanish and English at Weber State.
Graphic showing 59% of churches have less than 100 worshippers.
Where ever I am, every year, I grow pumpkins.